Cancún vs Los Cabos

Cancún and Los Cabos, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture — everything you need to break the tie.

Cancún guide · Los Cabos guide · How we score

By the numbers

	Cancún	Los Cabos
U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Resorts in our catalog	7	0
Average guest rating	★ 4.5	—
Nightly rates	$300–$800+/night	—
Adults-only resorts	3 of 7	0 of 0
Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt	Low hurricane risk
Rainy season	June–October, heaviest September–October	Essentially just September, and briefly
Sweet spot	December–April	October–June; whales December–April
Airport	Cancún (CUN) — Hotel Zone 20–30 min, Costa Mujeres ~40 min	Los Cabos (SJD) — Corridor resorts 20–45 min
Best for	First trips, nightlife + beach combos, nonstop-flight convenience	Adults-leaning luxury, golf, whale season, West Coast escapes
Flight time	~2–4.5h from most US hubs	~2–3h from the US West Coast

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

Weather, month by month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún — high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Los Cabos — high °F	78	79	81	85	89	93	93	92	90	88	84	80
Cancún — rain (in)	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	4.0	6.5	4.0	4.5	8.5	8.5	4.0	3.5
Los Cabos — rain (in)	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.6	4.0	1.0	0.4	0.6

Approximate climate normals for Cancún hotel zone and Cabo San Lucas / San José del Cabo — planning guidance, not a forecast.

Where you'd actually stay

Best of Cancún

Chains here: TAFER Hotels & Resorts · Excellence Resorts · Live Aqua

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Best of Los Cabos

No Los Cabos resorts in our catalog yet.

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